CIVIL WAR PENSION APP. - JAMES W. READY, Santa Rosa Co., FL

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Application No. A12757

SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

STATE OF FLORIDA,}
GADSDEN COUNTY}

On this 20th day of October, 1902, personally appeared before me, Clerk of the Circuit Court
in and for said County and State, James W. Ready who being by me duly sworn, declares he is 
the identical person who enlisted on or about the 1st day of June, 1861 in Captain Eugene 
Blackford's Company, county of Barbour in the State of Alabama in the 5th Regiment of said 
State of Alabama, that he was captured at Petersburg and was in prison at the close of the 
war.  That he is more than sixty-five years old and is by reason of age, also by reason of 
disease, incapable of providing a living for himself.

I am now unable to gain a livelihood by manual labor; that I have continuously since January 1, 
1885, been a citizen of Florida, that neither I, nor my wife, nor both combined, own real and
personal property to the value of $800 in this or any other State, and have not purposely 
disposed of our property for the purpose of availing ourselves of the provisions of the 
pension laws of Florida; that I am not otherwise enabled, or in a position to earn, and have 
no income from any source sufficient for a livelihood by manual labor, and that I never deserted 
the Confederate service, and that I receive a pension from no other source.

J. W. Ready
P. O. Address:  Quincy, Fla.

Sworn & subscribed before me this 20th day of October, 1902.

Thomas Mitchell, 
Clerk Circuit Court Gadsden Co.


STATE OF FLORIDA,}
COUNTY OF GADSDEN}

I do solemnly swear that I was born on the ____ day of June, 1835 in Lexinton Dist., State of
South Carolina, and that I am now past the age of 65 years; that I was a bona-fide citizen
of this State on January A. D. 1885, and have continuously resided in this State since that 
date; that I do not own property, real or person, or real and personal to the value of $800, 
and that I am by reason of age incapable of providing a living by manual labor for myself.

J. W. Ready
P. O. Address:  Quincy, Fla.

Sworn & subscribed before me this 20th day of October, 1902.

Thomas Mitchell, 
Clerk Circuit Court, Gadsden County  

STATE OF ALABAMA,}
COUNTY OF BARBOUR}

We do solemnly swear that we personally know J. W. Ready, the above applicant for pension 
during the Civil War of 1861 to 1865, that we served with him in Captain Eugene Blackford's 
Company, 5th Alabama Regiment, and that he never deserted the Confederate Army.  

W. H.Thomas 
W. H. V?

Sworn and subscribed before me this 24th day of January, 1903.

N. H. Pruitt,
Judge of Probate,
Barbour County, Alabama


We do solemnly swear that we are familiar with the value of all the property owned by J. W. 
Ready and his wife, directly or indirectly, in this or any other State, and that the actual
combined value thereof does not exceed $800 that they have not disposed of any property for
the purpose of availing themselves of the provisions of the pension laws of Florida, and that 
he is not physically or otherwise able, or in a position to earn a livelihood by manual labor.   Signed: J.A. Wash & T.P. Cawthon of Quincy, FL

J. A. Nash
P. O. Address:  Quincy, Fla.
T. P. Cawthon
P. O. Address:  Quincy, Fla.

Sworn & subscribed before me this 10th day of February, 1903.  

Thos. Mitchell,
Clerk Circuit Court, 
Gadsden County, Florida

We, the undersigned physicians, residents of the State and county aforesaid, do solemnly 
swear that we have carefully examined J. W. Ready who is personally known to us to be the 
person above applying for a pension under the laws of Florida, and find him suffering with
Rheumatism in hip joint which is very painful and renders him absolutely unable to do manual
labor.

Joseph Willis, MD 
Residence:  Quincy, Fla.

Sworn & subscribed before me this 28th day of February, 1903.

Thos. Mitchell,
Clerk Circuit Court 

I certify that the above affidavits are genuine; that all of the affiants are persons of 
respectability and good reputation; and that their statements are worthy of belief; that the 
attesting officers are duly authorized to attest said affidavits, and that their signatures 
are genuine.

Thos. Mitchell
by W. Campbell, Deputy Clerk

We, the undersigned County Commissioners of Gadsden County, Florida, do hereby certify that 
we have carefully investigated the above application for pension made by J. W. Ready and are
satisfied that the conditions and alleged facts therein stated are true and correct, and that
he is legally and justly entitled to the pension provided by the act, approved May 3, 1901.   

J. T. Taylor, Chairman, 
B. F. Watson
C. A. Valandingham
J. A. Pittman
J. H. Gray
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners, Attest:

Thos. Mitchell, 
By W. Campbell, D. C.

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12757

CLAIM FOR PENSION 
BY 
JAMES W. READY
OF GADSDEN COUNTY
FILED IN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
MAR 10, 1903
APPROVED APR 10, 1903
WITH PAY FROM MAR 10, 1903 
AT THE RATE OF $96 PER ANNUM  
BY C. H. DICKINSON,
SECRETARY OF BOARD.